Coruscate (verb)
kor-us-kayt
to emit vivid flashes of light; sparkle; scintillate; gleam.
Coruscate was first recorded around 1695–1705 and comes from the past participle of the Latin word coruscāre, “to quiver, flash.”
Example sentences
“The lights twinkled as the festive candles coruscated in the window.”
Favonian (adj) fav-oh-nee-un Of or relating to the west wind./ Mild or favorable; propitious. 1650–60; Latin Favōniānus. See Favonius, -an. foehn (more…)
